Reborn as the Novel’s Villain: Cultivation Lost, Female Leads Take Control - Chapter 113

Jiang Haoyu’s lips twitched with a bitter smile. “Brother Qin, why take it this far?”

From his perspective, while Qin Wan was undoubtedly gifted, he had yet to reach the Nascent Soul realm. How could he contend with the heirs of the holy lands and immortal sects present?

What’s more, he had declared a life-and-death battle—this was practically courting disaster!

“When reason fails, fists must speak.”

Qin Wan sat poised amidst the tidal wave of killing intent emanating from the crowd, his expression unchanging and devoid of tension.

Such manly confidence… Jiang Yaomeng gazed at Qin Wan with starry-eyed admiration. Turning her icy glare to the others, she declared coldly, “Anyone who dares harm my Brother Wan will earn my lifelong hatred!”

Hearing his sister’s words, Jiang Haoyu sighed internally. Not wanting to see her heartbroken, he reluctantly spoke.

“Ladies and gentlemen, you are all my honored guests, invited to the Heaven’s Chosen Gathering. As your host, I bear responsibility for failing to prevent this conflict. A life-and-death battle would weigh heavily on me, regardless of the outcome. Could I trouble you all to show some leniency? Let this be a friendly sparring match, nothing more.”

The crowd’s expressions darkened. Jiang Haoyu’s plea was clearly siding with the brash Qin Wan. How could they tolerate such an affront to their dignity?

Jiang Haoyu was the divine son of the reclusive Jiang family and should naturally stand with them. Yet, here he was, pleading on behalf of this insolent madman.

Some were visibly angered, and a few holy land heirs even seemed ready to storm out.

“Since Haoyu has spoken, how could I not comply?” Ying Wudi said, his tone cool and detached. “However, while his life may be spared, death is not the only punishment. For his arrogance, he must learn the price of loose words. I suggest crippling his cultivation as a warning to others. What do you all think?”

“Ying is right,” another heir agreed. “With the Gathering about to begin, bloodshed would cast a shadow over the event.”

“Since Brother Ying has pleaded for mercy, I’ll spare his life this once.”

“Simply crippling his cultivation is far too kind to such an insolent fool!”

“If this were my clan, a mere ant who dared to provoke his betters would have been killed and left to rot in the wilderness!”

Their disdainful remarks echoed through the hall, the air heavy with scorn. It was as if sparing Qin Wan’s life was a magnanimous gesture, a gift he did not deserve.

“Isn’t it too soon to talk of victory or defeat?” Qin Wan’s calm gaze swept across the room, and he smiled faintly. “Perhaps this ant might emerge victorious. If that happens, I’ll be equally merciful—crippling your cultivation without taking your life.”

“Arrogance! Utter arrogance!”

“Does he think he’s the heir of a holy land?”

“An ant dares humiliate us like this!”

“When I cripple him, I’ll break all four of his limbs so he can spend the rest of his days in bed!”

“…”

Anger ignited among the crowd. Their faces darkened, and several prepared to teach this upstart a lesson he would never forget.

“Why waste so much effort on an ant? Crushing him is as easy as swatting a fly. Let me handle this.”

A young man bathed in divine radiance stepped forward and cupped his hands toward the group.

He was Huang Shaobai, divine son of the reclusive Huang family. Compared to the other holy lands and immortal clans, the Huang family had only one ancestor who ascended to immortality. Their heritage and strength were far inferior.

Had Jiang Haoyu valued strength more than character, Huang Shaobai would never have been invited to such an event. Even here, he was largely ignored.

This was his chance to prove himself. By effortlessly defeating Qin Wan, he could gain the recognition of his peers.

“Who is he?” someone whispered.

“The divine son of the Huang family. Their ancestor, Huang Cuicheng, ascended to immortality 8,000 years ago.”

“I’ve heard of Huang Cuicheng before.”

“…”

“Brother Shaobai, we’ll leave this to you,” Ying Wudi said with a faint smile.

“Don’t worry, Brother Ying. If I can’t defeat a mere Core Formation cultivator, the Huang family might as well relinquish our status as an immortal clan!”

Huang Shaobai’s confidence was unshaken. In his mind, Qin Wan posed no threat.

This battle was his ticket to fame.

“Then perhaps today marks the Huang family’s fall from grace,” Qin Wan said, his tone as composed as ever, as though discussing a trivial matter.

Huang Shaobai’s eyes narrowed, and his voice grew icy:

“I hope you maintain that bravado when I break your limbs.”

With that, he leaped into the training arena within the Ascending Heaven Tower.

“Brother Wan, be careful!” Jiang Yaomeng called out worriedly.

“You don’t need to worry about me. I won’t lose.”

Qin Wan smiled and gracefully entered the arena, his movements light as a feather, exuding an air of elegance.

The moment his feet touched the ground, Huang Shaobai struck.

A powerful Nascent Soul aura erupted from him as he summoned his weapon—a copper mace that appeared from the void. Seven stars adorned the mace, radiating divine brilliance like a cascading waterfall. The energy ripples it emitted tore through the air with devastating force.

“That’s the Seven Star Heavenly Mace! The Huang family’s signature technique. Legend has it their ancestor, Huang Cuicheng, relied on this very technique to ascend to immortality.”

“The records say Huang Cuicheng once slew seven saints with this technique!”

“He’s starting with his strongest move? What a shame. I wanted to see what tricks this Qin Wan has up his sleeve.”

“This battle is already decided. There’s no way Huang Shaobai could lose.”

The crowd watched from above with faint smiles, mocking the so-called mortal genius. Against the techniques of an immortal clan, he was doomed to fail.

Just as they were certain of Qin Wan’s defeat, a shocking turn of events occurred.

Boom!

Qin Wan raised his hand and struck the incoming mace.

In an instant, a burst of divine light shot forth, brilliant and dazzling. The void rippled as if imbued with the essence of countless Dao principles, effortlessly repelling the oncoming attack.

“What just happened?”

“That was the Seven Star Heavenly Mace! How could it be neutralized so easily?”

Eyes widened in disbelief, their expressions frozen in shock. The technique, capable of slaying saints, had been nullified by a Core Formation cultivator!

“Brother Ying, did you see what happened?” someone asked.

“I didn’t see clearly,” Ying Wudi admitted, his gaze narrowing. “But one thing is certain—Qin Wan possesses techniques comparable to our immortal clan’s secrets.”

“Will Huang Shaobai lose?”

“If the news gets out that the Nascent Soul Realm lost to the Core Formation Realm, how can we save our reputation?”

“The Huang family is an immortal clan after all, and the chosen Son of God should not be so weak!”

There were constant voices of doubt in the crowd. They were not criticizing Huang Shaobai, but Huang Shaobai’s performance was really poor. The Seven Star Heavenly Mace that once shone in Huang Cuicheng’s hands was used by Huang Shaobai, but it had no power at all, and was easily taken over by someone at the Core Formation Realm.

This made them very doubtful whether Huang Shaobai had practiced the Seven Star Heavenly Mace properly!

The voices of doubt fell into Huang Shaobai’s ears without any error, making his face turn pale, ashamed, angry, and extremely embarrassed!

Huang Shaobai’s face flushed red as he heard the murmurs of doubt and disdain. Gritting his teeth, he growled, “You’ve angered me!”

Huang Shaobai let out a long roar, and his magic power surged like an ocean. Immediately, he stretched out his finger towards Qin Wan, and a magic seal appeared out of thin air!

Boom!

There was a violent fluctuation in the void, and a finger about ten feet long, shining with crystal light, seemed to be pressed by a mountain, filled with a desolate and dead atmosphere, and rolled towards Qin Wan!

“Desolate Heaven Finger!”

“Isn’t it said that only desolate demon bodies can cultivate such magical powers?”

“Could it be that Huang Shaobai is a desolate demon body? This is an existence that ranks among the top three thousand Dao bodies!”

“It’s not a desolate demon body. Look at his eyebrows, there is a gray light flashing, he should have a desolate demon eye!”

Everyone was shocked when they saw this.

“Desolate Demon Eye…”

“It’s a pity that the power of this ancient Desolate Heaven Finger can only be exerted to a certain extent!”

Qin Wan looked regretful, but still calm, not taking the Desolate Heaven Finger to heart at all.

“Who do you think you are? You are just an ordinary ant, and you dare to talk nonsense about my magical powers!”

“Desolate Heaven Finger!!!”

Huang Shaobai roared, and the Desolate Demon Eye at the center of his eyebrows opened and closed. A desolate black light fell on the Desolate Heaven Finger. In an instant, the desolate aura enveloped the entire martial arts field!

If it were an ordinary practitioner, under this desolate aura, it would probably take only a few breaths for him to be deprived of his vitality and life breath!

But at this time.

Qin Wan’s forehead bloomed with a bright light, the luster of jasper, like the trembling branches of a divine willow, the majestic vitality, all the surroundings were infiltrated, the desolate aura was directly melted, unstoppable!

“Another mysterious technique!”

“This Qin Wan is definitely not an ant in the secular world!”

“He is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger!”

“Can anyone see his background!”

Everyone’s face changed drastically!

If he only used one mysterious technique, everyone present might still think that Qin Wan was just lucky, or even had the idea of ​​killing people to steal treasures!

But when he used two techniques, everyone was convinced that this person was definitely not someone who relied on fortuitous encounters but had the support of a big force. Otherwise, how could he have the confidence to provoke them? !

That’s right!

If he was not the top successor cultivated by a big force.

How could he be qualified to step into the highest level of the Ascending Heaven Tower?

Thinking of this, many people looked at Jiang Haoyu with resentment.

Even Ying Wudi stared at his best friend with some displeasure!

Sensing the gazes of everyone, Jiang Haoyu felt innocence in his heart!

When he swore brotherhood with others, he never looked at the other party’s identity. As long as they were of the same mind, they could become brothers of different surnames!

Moreover, Qin Wan had never said which faction he came from. When asked about his master, he just evaded the question and talked about something else.

He originally thought that it was because his master was too weak, so Qin Wan was embarrassed to say it, but he didn’t expect that it was not because his master was too weak, but…

“Brother Qin, you lied to me so badly!”

Jiang Haoyu, who was originally worried about Qin Wan’s safety, was now worried about Huang Shaobai.

‘Brother Wan’s background is so grand, wouldn’t it be a good match for me…’ Jiang Yaomeng’s beautiful eyes were shining, with a hint of smugness hidden in her pupils. She stared at the slender figure in the martial arts arena, and was a little dazzled!

At this time, in the martial arts arena.

Seeing that his attacks were easily resolved by Qin Wan one after another, he was furious, “I want you to die!!!”

A terrifying killing intent emerged, his eyebrows opened and closed, a demon eye reflected in the void, and shot an extreme black light towards Qin Wan!

Like a world-destroying magic light, it took away people’s vitality, and the destructive waves came overwhelmingly!

“It’s futile!”

Qin Wan shook her head, and she pinched the seal with her hands. It seemed that a sky-covering willow tree appeared behind her. As the branches and leaves trembled, the mist of vitality of the jade mist, at an immeasurable speed, was like a flawless net, wrapping everything in it.

Bang——

The extreme black light disappeared on the spot!

The momentum was not over yet.

The jade mist fell on Huang Shaobai’s body. Huang Shaobai only felt that some demon was suppressing his body. His internal organs were all in severe pain, and he let out a shrill roar.

“Ah!!!”

…

“Defeated, and defeated so thoroughly!”

“The Huang family is not a powerful immortal family, so it is understandable that they lost to this person!”

“That being said, Huang Shaobai is in the Nascent Soul Realm, which is one level higher than Qin Wan!”

“Qin Wan must be the heir of a powerful force, otherwise he would not have such a strong fighting power!”

If anyone said that Qin Wan was just a mortal prodigy at this time, they would definitely be spit on by everyone!

As descendants of the immortal family, whether it is their origin, qualifications, or the skills they practiced, they are countless times higher than ordinary prodigies, so how could they lose?

Unless that ordinary prodigy is the Son of Heaven, favored by the Heavenly Dao!

…

In the martial arts arena.

Qin Wan walked towards Huang Shaobai.

“You…what are you going to do?”

Huang Shaobai’s face was pale and trembling.

Qin Wan said lightly, “I will destroy your cultivation and cut off your limbs!”

“No, you can’t!”

Hearing such heart-breaking words, Huang Shaobai’s face was no longer clamoring before, and he panicked.

Qin Wan did not reply, but looked at a certain place in the void and said calmly, “What? Can’t accept a loss? Are you trying to bully the weak?”

After the words fell, a figure appeared in the void. It was a Void Shattering Venerable. He glanced at his own divine son, then looked at Qin Wan and said, “My friend, you should forgive others while you can. My divine son is not as skilled as others. He was defeated by you and has learned a lesson!”

“What if I don’t want to forgive him?”

Qin Wan asked.

The Venerable was silent for a moment, and said, “Then I can only bully the weak!

The voice was pressing towards Qin Wan with terrifying pressure.

Jiang Haoyu and others who were watching on the side, even if they were not in the martial arts arena, felt a little suffocated when they felt this pressure.

Jiang Haoyu wanted to persuade Qin Wan to just let it go, after all, Huang Shaobai’s protectors had appeared to plead for him, and people under the eaves had to bow their heads.

But when he saw the other party’s calm and self-assured expression, he swallowed the words back into his stomach.

‘Brother Qin is not a fool, since he dared to do this, he must have something to rely on!’

‘I just need to wait and see!’

Jiang Haoyu didn’t speak, and the others didn’t get along with Qin Wan, so it was even more impossible for them to speak up!

They also wanted to see.

Is it really as they thought, that Qin Wan came from the supreme power, or is this guy just a fool with a bit of good luck?

…

In the martial arts arena.

Qin Wan did not move at all, allowing the pressure of the Venerable to fall on him.

However, the next moment, something incredible happened.

The pressure that could crush normal Core Formation cultivators into a bloody mist disappeared silently before it touched Qin Wan’s body.

Qin Wan looked up at the Venerable of the Huang Family and chuckled, “It’s really unfortunate. I am also good at bullying the weak!”

“…”

The pupils of the Venerable from the Huang Family suddenly shrank, and his back was cold. A peerless murderous intent locked onto him, as if as long as he made any unusual movements, the murderous intent would turn into a supreme attack and strangle him instantly!

‘This is bad!’

The face of the Venerable of the Huang Family suddenly became extremely ugly.

TN// This was a really long chapter, the author basically combined two chapters in one. It took a bit to tl so it’ll be the last chapter for today. I’ll try to update how I have been for the rest of the week but I might be a little busy so don’t be surprised if I miss a day or two. I hope you are enjoying this like I am, and let me know if you notice any inconsistencies or mistakes!